ARISE STEEL SUB-JUNIOR NATIONALS 2016
07/10/2016
Hyderabad, 6th October 2016: Kerala Girls defeated Tamil Nadu 66-62 to Make the Finals against Chhattisgarh who defeated Maharashtra 51-45 here for the 43rdArise Steel Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship for boys and girls 2016 entered its fifth day today at Saroornagar Indoor Stadium.
Kerala girls won their Semi Final game of day 6 defeating Tamil Nadu after bad start trailing 18-24 in the first Quarter but second string lead by Gouri in the Second quarter played a fast paced game to making Kerala to a lead of 39-30 at the half way.
Kerala centre and captain Ann Mary Zachariah again put up a stellar performance with 21 points. And gouri V supported her Very Much w scoring 17 points
In the boys semifinals, defending champions BFI-Madhya Pradesh* and Rajasthan separated themselves in the second half against Haryana and Andhra Pradesh respectively, to set up their summit clash.
Tomorrow’s final day schedule is as follows:
LEVEL 1
Semi-finals
Girls:
- Chhattisgarh-51 (Khushboo Gupta 19, Urvashi 14) bt Maharashtra-45 (Siya Deodhar 12, Sanskruti Pawar 7) 51-45(20-6, 12-14, 9-14, 10-11)
- Kerala -66 (Ann Mary Zachariah 21, Gouri 17) bt Tamil Nadu-62 (Sathya K 29, Nitika 14) 66-62 (18-24, 20-6, 15-14, 13-18)
Boys:
- BFI-Madhya Pradesh*-66 (Sachindra Sharma 23, Brijesh Tiwari 12, Virat Dhakad 11) bt Haryana -54(Depender 17, Sahil 14, Gourav 13) 66-54 (9-18, 16-8, 20-9, 21-19)
- Rajasthan 94 (Seikh Saifali 32, Mahaveer Banjara 24, Digvijay Singh 12) bt Andhra Pradesh -65 (Shaik Ahmed Alisha 20, S Nayeem Basha 12) 94-65 (12-12, 26-18, 24-19, 32-16)